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Talk:Famous American artists (view source)
Revision as of 00:54, November 25, 2008
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: Answer to Ross: In art it is very difficult to have a consensus; The article is open to be edited; the only criteria is to add famous artists with quality. Alan, who is a proved authority in music do not like [[Steve Lawrence]], but according to his article in his time he was honored as a musician and also appears in some lists of famous artist. Do you have some resources or links to offer? Go ahead. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 17:39, 24 November 2008 (EST)
: Answer to Ross: In art it is very difficult to have a consensus; The article is open to be edited; the only criteria is to add famous artists with quality. Alan, who is a proved authority in music do not like [[Steve Lawrence]], but according to his article in his time he was honored as a musician and also appears in some lists of famous artist. Do you have some resources or links to offer? Go ahead. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 17:39, 24 November 2008 (EST)
::::I think Alan's point re Steve Lawrence is that--yes--SL is/was fairly famous, but there are hundreds of American artists who are as (or more) famous than he, and that Lawrence was not the least bit influential, musically speaking.--[[User:RossC|RossC]] 19:26, 24 November 2008 (EST)
::::I think Alan's point re Steve Lawrence is that--yes--SL is/was fairly famous, but there are hundreds of American artists who are as (or more) famous than he, and that Lawrence was not the least bit influential, musically speaking.--[[User:RossC|RossC]] 19:26, 24 November 2008 (EST)
Thanks Ross. we had an edit conflict...you said it more succinctly than I.
:What I wrote was: Actually, Joaquín, I do like Steve Lawrence...or did. It's just that I hadn't heard of him for 30-odd years and hadn't given him a thought for that long. That's the point. He disappeared off the radar. I was more likely to have remembered his wife, Edyie Gorme, who was a much underrated singer. If we are going to include pop artists of the sixties we should stick to the ones who stick to us...to me that would be Roy Orbison, who was truly unique; and people who had a string of really big hits like Gene Pitney. There are just so many really great American singers of all genres...you have not mentioned Country and Western yet...and oh! - where's Elvis. How can he miss out on a place in the team if we are looking for fame and influence. Anyway, I'll shut up and let others have a go for a while. (Why is Ira still there, by the way? :) ) [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 19:54, 24 November 2008 (EST)
:: This article as CP is young, it started 18 November 2008, consequently as CP, it can not pretend to be comprehensive in nothing. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 17:49, 24 November 2008 (EST)
:: This article as CP is young, it started 18 November 2008, consequently as CP, it can not pretend to be comprehensive in nothing. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 17:49, 24 November 2008 (EST)